Rev. Al Sharpton plans to hold a rally in protest of President-elect Trump on inauguration day. Sharpton announced the rally ...

Due to the pandemic, MLK Week 2021 events were virtual and took place throughout the spring 2021 semester. An array of events were designed to raise awareness and empower participants to enact ...

According to the Fayetteville Police Department accident report in the fatal wreck, Clemmons was speeding May 31, 2021, on ...

A lesser-known fact about Julia Roberts is that she has a unique bond with Martin Luther King Jr.’s family. Apparently, the ...

In the video, the Bye Bye Birdie star revisited a speech, written by The Twilight Zone's Rod Serling, that he delivered on ...

When complete, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Park is expected to include ... The state’s contribution was secured in a budget in 2021, in a bill sponsored by former N.C. Sen Kirk de Viere.

Keke Palmer is opening up about the racist remarks one of her co-stars allegedly spewed at her on set--and fans already have ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Myrtle Hightower, a Plano trailblazer in education, died last week at age 101. Known for her commitment to education over her ...

Bernice King, daughter of civil rights icon the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., is calling for a Trump-supporting social media account to remove an ad featuring her father generated by artificial ...

The last time Donald Trump was in the Oval Office, he scrawled out a two-page letter to Joe Biden in his distinctive jagged ...

To the editor: A photo of MLK Community Hospital was used with your editorial “ER patients are still being hurt by racial and gender biases,” implying that our patients face long wait times ...